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What is Holy Week?
Prayer God of Hope, be with me, with us today. Inspire us, encourage us, stir us up that we might know you better. That we might love you better. That we might see you, among these friends, today. Amen. Introduction The format is simple. Some teaching, some talking, some summarizing, some homework. Discussion Do you…
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This Thursday of Holy Week 2019
Watching Notre Dame, the echoes of Holy Week reverberated. The warning of the temple’s destruction, of course. But also the call to listen.
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This Wednesday of Holy Week 2019
The chief priests and scribes conspire to kill Jesus. Not because they don’t like him. But precisely because they feel justified in wanting to kill him.
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This Tuesday of Holy Week 2019
When the authorities confront Jesus in the Temple, they find a popular teacher warning them not to choose the way of death.
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This Wednesday of Holy Week
The bridge from the start of holy week to the end reveals the wide difference between the world God dreams for us and the world we insist on perpetuating. Even as the dream comes alive in our midst. After three days of confronting the Temple authorities and challenging everything they believe about power and influence,…
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Where do we come in?
The challenge of Palm Sunday is fighting the impulse to skip ahead. But we’re invited not only into a bittersweet day but a whole week which challenges how we see the hope of Christ in our lives. We arrive at Jerusalem with Jesus expecting hope and fear Palm Sunday B | John 12:12-16 Where do…
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The Scandal of Holy Week
The challenge of keeping Holy Week is that there’s way more than we can fit into a couple of days. But we’re not doing ourselves any favors by not even trying. I grew up with Holy Week. As a life-long Episcopalian, Holy Week was a natural part of my upbringing. Just as all the seasons…
